Verse 1

¶ A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I [am] poor and needy.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 40:17 : 17 But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
  • Ps 31:2 : 2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
  • Ps 34:6 : 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
  • Ps 17:6 : 6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, [and] hear my speech.
  • Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper. 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. 14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
  • Ps 102:1 : 1 ¶ A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
  • Ps 102:17 : 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
  • Ps 119:22 : 22 ¶ Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
  • Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.
  • Ps 142:1 : 1 ¶ Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
  • Isa 37:17 : 17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 For all those [things] hath mine hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith the LORD: but to this [man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
  • Dan 9:18 : 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
  • Matt 5:3 : 3 ¶ ‹Blessed› [are] ‹the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.›
  • Luke 4:18 : 18 ‹The Spirit of the Lord› [is] ‹upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,›
  • Jas 1:9-9 : 9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?